Karina McGlynn. Courtesy Porter Square Books.
| Karyna McGlynn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1977 Austin, Texas |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MFA |
| Alma mater |
Seattle University University of Michigan |
| Genres | Poetry |
Karyna McGlynn (born 1977) is an American poet and critic associated with spoken-word, New Sincerity, and New Confessionalism.
Life[]
McGlynn graduated from the creative writing program at Seattle University and earned an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan, where she received the Cornwell Fellowship in Poetry, the Moveen Residency in Ireland, and the Hopwood Award in Poetry. Upon graduation she was selected by Tony Hoagland as a Helen Zell Postgraduate Fellow in Poetry at the University of Michigan.
McGlynn became popular as a performance poet in the poetry slam scene in the late 1990s, regularly performing at the Electric Lounge and South by Southwest. She was a member of the 1998 and 1999 National Poetry Slam teams representing the Austin Poetry Slam. 2 of her signature pieces from that time ("Fat Artists" and "Thong Underwear Poem") are included on the compilation CD Tina's Fine-Ass Lingerie.[1]
In 2000, she moved to Seattle to study musical theatre at Cornish College of the Arts. In 2002, she coached the Seattle poetry slam team to a spot on the NPS finals stage. She was a Seattle team member in 2003 [2][3] and an Ann Arbor team member in 2007. Her spoken-word is featured in Rhapsodists, a documentary film about women performance poets.
She has taught writing and literature at Concordia University in Austin, TX, and is a Ph.D. candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.
Her work has appeared in many journals, both in print and online, including Gulf Coast, FENCE, Ninth Letter, LIT, Another Chicago Magazine, Indiana Review, Denver Quarterly, Octopus, Willow Springs and Verse. She is also the author of three chapbooks, Scorpionica (New Michigan Press, 2007), Alabama Steve (Destructible Heart Press, 2008), and Small Shrines (Cinematheque Press, 2011).
Recognition[]
Her 2009 collection, I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl, received the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry.
Publications[]
- Wintering: Poems. Seattle, WA: Screaming Emerson Press, 2004.
- Scorpionica. Grand Rapids, MI: New Michigan Press, 2007.
- Alabama Steve. Albuquerque, NM: Destructible Heart Press, 2008.
- I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl: Poems. Louisville, KY: Sarabande Books, 2009.
Poetry and Prose Karyna McGlynn (November 10, 2010)
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ http://austinslam.com/merch/tfal.htm
- ↑ Richards, Jeremy (2008-09-19). "Hope You Like Slammin' Too". The Poetry Foundation Online. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/feature.html?id=182215. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ↑ Fox, Curtis. "When the Heckling and Finger-Snapping Stop". Poetry Off the Shelf. The Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/audioitem.html?id=113. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ↑ Search results = au:Karyna McGlynn, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 25, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Karyna McGlynn poem at the Academy of American Poets
- "The Room Folded in Gelid Light"
- Karyna McGlynn at the Poetry Foundation
- Audio / video
- About
- Kryna McGlynn at LitBridge
- Karyna McGlynn Official website
- Interview with Karyna McGlynn at Porter Square Books, 2010
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